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First Call for Papers ICC'2000:  
International Symposium on INTERACTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE COMPUTING 

Web Site: http://www.icsc.ab.ca/152-info.htm

Organized as part of International Congress on 
INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS (ISA'2000) 

to be held at the University of Wollongong (near Sydney), Australia 
from December 12-15, 2000

All submissions must be received by March 31, 2000.
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Topics:
-   Agent Based Systems
-   Adaptive and Adaptable Systems
-   Application for Disabled People
-   Computer Mediated Communication
-   Computer Supported Cooperative Work
-   Computer Supported Collaborative Learning
-   Cooperative Database Systems
-   Digital Libraries / Museums
-   Ergonomic, Interface, and Cognitive Issues
-   Interactive Learning / Tutoring Environments
-   Human Computer Interaction
-   Multimedia, Hypermedia and New Media
-   User Modeling
-   Socialware / Communityware
-   Systems Evaluation
-   Teleworking / Telelearning Environments
-   Wearable / Ubiquitos Computing
-   Internet / Web Based Computing
-   Virtual and Augmented Realities

Symposium Chairs: 
-   Yoneo Yano, Tokushima University, Japan 
    (mailto:[log in to unmask])
-   Hiroaki Ogata, Tokushima University, Japan
    (mailto:[log in to unmask])

International Program Committee:
-   Mark Ackerman, University of California, Irvine, USA 
-   Ethem Alpaydin, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey 
-   Gerardo Ayala San Martin, Universidad de las Ameicas Puebla, Mexico 
-   Peter Bibby, University of Nottingham, U.K. 
-   Hans Bothe, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark 
-   Jacqueline Bourdeau, University of Quebec, Canada 
-   Peter Brusilovsky, Carnegie Mellon University, USA 
-   J.K. Caird, University of Calgary, Canada 
-   Keith Cameron, University of Exeter, U.K. 
-   Tak-Wai Chan, National Central University, Taiwan 
-   Geoff Cumming, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia 
-   Pierre Dillenbourg, University of Geneva, Switzerland 
-   Carolyn Dowling, Australian Catholic University, Victoria, Australia 
-   Gerhard Fischer, Colorado University, USA 
-   Louis Gomez, Northwestern University, USA 
-   Marco Gori, University of Siena, Italy 
-   Ulrich Hoppe, University of Duisburg, Germany 
-   Simon M. Kaplan, University of Queensland, Australia 
-   Akihiro Kashihara, Osaka University, Japan 
-   Judy Kay, University of Syney, Australia 
-   Sara Kiesler, Carnegie Mellon University, USA 
-   Vladimir Lumelsky, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA 
-   Gordon McCalla, University of Saskatchewan, Canada 
-   H. Muir, University of Cranfield, U.K. 
-   Christine M. Neuwirth, Carnegie Mellon University, USA 
-   Hiroaki Ogata, Tokushima University, Japan 
-   Ken'ichi Okada, Keio University, Japan 
-   Setsuko Otsuki, Hiroshima city University, Japan 
-   John Self, University of Leeds, U.K. 
-   Norbert Streitz, GMD-IPSI, Germany 
-   Dan Suthers, University of Hawaii, USA 

International Congress on 
INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS (ISA'2000) 
to be held at the University of Wollongong (near Sydney), Australia 
from December 12-15, 2000
for details see http://www.icsc.ab.ca/isa2000.htm

The ISA・000 Congress aims to provide researchers and practitioners from 
academia and industry with a forum to report on the latest developments in 
intelligent systems and their applications within the four major areas of 
computational intelligence, interactive and collaborative computing, 
industrial systems, and biologically inspired systems. The Congress will 
also provide a unique opportunity for dialogue and synergy between 
scientists and engineers from different backgrounds with the common interest 
in intelligent systems.

The congress consists of the following four Symposia:
1. COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE (CI'2000)
    for details see http://www.icsc.ab.ca/151-info.htm

2. INTERACTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE COMPUTING (ICC'2000)
    for details see http://www.icsc.ab.ca/152-info.htm

3. INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS (IS'2000)
    for details see http://www.icsc.ab.ca/153-info.htm

4. BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED SYSTEMS (BIS'2000) 
    for details see http://www.icsc.ab.ca/154-info.htm

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM 
ISA'2000 will include invited plenary talks, contributed 
sessions, invited sessions, workshops and tutorials. 

CALL FOR INVITED SESSIONS 
The organization of invited sessions is encouraged. Prospective 
organizers are requested to send a session proposal (consisting 
of 4-5 invited papers, the recommended session-chair and 
co-chair, as well as a short statement describing the title and 
the purpose of the session) to the respective symposium chair 
or the congress organizer. Invited sessions should preferably 
start with a tutorial paper. The registration fee of the session 
organizer will be waived, if at least 4 authors of invited 
papers register to the conference.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS 
Poster presentations are encouraged for people who wish to 
receive peer feedback, and practical examples of applied research 
are particularly welcome. Poster sessions will allow the 
presentation and discussion of respective papers, which will 
also be included in the conference proceedings.

CALL FOR WORKSHOPS, TUTORIALS AND OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS 
Several workshops/tutorials are planned for ISA'2000. Each 
workshop/tutorial will focus on a particular topic, and consist 
of several presentations and open discussions. The proposal for 
a workshop/tutorial should include the title, topics covered, 
proposed speakers, targeted audiences, and estimated length 
(hours) of the workshop/tutorial. The proposal should be 
submitted either to the congress chair, the corresponding 
symposium chair or the congress organizer by March 31, 2000.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS 
Prospective authors are requested to either send a draft paper 
(maximum 7 pages) or an extended abstract for review by the 
International Program Committee. All submissions must be 
written in English, starting with a succinct statement of the 
problem, the results achieved, their significance and a 
comparison with previous work. 

Submissions must be received by March 31, 2000.

The submission should also include 
-   Title of symposium (CI'2000, ICC'2000, IS'2000, BIS'2000) 
-   Type of paper (regular, poster, tutorial or invited) 
-   Authors names, affiliations, addresses 
-   Name of author to contact for correspondence 
-   E-mail address and fax # of contact author 
-   Topics which best describe the paper (max. 5 keywords) 
-   Short CV of authors (recommended)

Submission by electronic mail is strongly recommended to 
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or else by fax or mail (2 copies) to the following address:

ICSC 
International Computer Science Conventions
P.O. Box 279 
Millet, AB T0C 1Z0 / Canada 
Fax: +1-780-387-4329 
Phone: +1-780-387-3546 
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PROCEEDINGS AND PUBLICATIONS 
All accepted and invited papers will be included in the congress 
proceedings. Selected papers will also be included in special 
issues of some prestigious journals.

IMPORTANT DATES 
March 31, 2000: Submission deadline 
May 31, 2000: Notification of acceptance 
July 30, 2000: Delivery of full papers 
December 12-15, 2000: ISA'2000 congress

CONGRESS GENERAL CHAIR 
Prof. Fazel Naghdy
University of Wollongong
Electrical & Computer Engineering Department
Northfields Avenue
Wollongong, NSW 2500 / Australia
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CONGRESS ORGANIZER 
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SPONSORS 
-   University of Wollongong 
-   IEE, The Institution of Electrical Engineers 
-   IEAust, The Institution of Engineers, Australia
-   Nortel Networks
-   Corporate Research Centre for Intelligent Manufacturing Systems and      
    Technologies Ltd.
-   ICSC International Computer Science Conventions, Canada / Switzerland
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Hiroaki Ogata, Dr. (Eng.)
Dept. of Information Science and Intelligent Systems,
Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokushima
2-1, Minami-Josanjima, Tokushima 770-8506, Japan
[TEL] +81-88-656-7498     [FAX] +81-88-623-2761
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